Competitive Information for Wishiwashi [Sun/Moon]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Wishiwashi? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Wishiwashi is a remarkable Water-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Wishiwashi when battling in the 7th generation meta. Wishiwashi's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Waterium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Schooling
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 148 Def / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Wishiwashi (Schooling)
Wishiwashi is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Wishiwashi from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Schooling, if user is wishiwashi changes to school form if it has > 1/4 max hp else solo form.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Wishiwashi switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Schooling
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Def / 252 SpA / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam
- Round / Snore
- Toxic
Special Sweeper Wishiwashi (Schooling)
Wishiwashi is an outstanding Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Wishiwashi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Schooling, if user is wishiwashi changes to school form if it has > 1/4 max hp else solo form.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Wishiwashi must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Wishiwashi? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Groundium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Schooling
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 148 Def / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Return
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Wishiwashi (Schooling)
Wishiwashi is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Wishiwashi from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Schooling, if user is wishiwashi changes to school form if it has > 1/4 max hp else solo form.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Wishiwashi switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Schooling
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Def / 252 SpA / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam
- Round / Snore
- Toxic
Doubles Special Sweeper Wishiwashi (Schooling)
Wishiwashi is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Wishiwashi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Schooling, if user is wishiwashi changes to school form if it has > 1/4 max hp else solo form.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Wishiwashi must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Wishiwashi learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Wishiwashi can perform in Sun/Moon. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SM Move and Ability Combos for Wishiwashi
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Most notable and possible best moves for Wishiwashi
- Aqua Tail
- Brine
- Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power Electric
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Iron Tail
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Surf
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Waterfall
Common Effort Values for Wishiwashi in Sun and Moon
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/4/252/0/0/ )
- Hardy Nature ( 0/0/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Wishiwashi's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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